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Petula on Television: The Broadcast Archive

The Sound of Petula: an original audience ticket for the recording show 3. 
Ticket from the Fan Archive Collection.

We’re proud to launch the Television section of the Petula Fan Archive with a complete, fully reconstructed guide to The Sound of Petula, Petula Clark’s 1974 BBC series. Every episode, all ten weekly broadcasts plus the Christmas Special Petula Sings Christmas, has been meticulously documented, ensuring the highest possible level of accuracy and historical fidelity. Read more>>

Petula … and Songs of Love followed four years after The Sound of Petula and reflects the shift in her television work during the late 1970s. Designed to accompany the release of her album Destiny, the special mixes new material with a short music-hall sequence and several studio-based performances, including three of her own compositions, “What Am I Doing Here,” “Sunbeam,” and “You’re My Destiny.” The programme is smaller in scale than her earlier series but retains the familiar hallmarks of Yvonne Littlewood’s productions, with clear thematic framing, musicians featured on camera, and a focus on Petula as both vocalist and songwriter. Read more>>

This is the beginning of something much bigger...
In the coming weeks, we’ll be adding in every one of Petula’s British television appearances, dating all the way back to the 1940s, each presented with the same level of detail, care, and archival precision you see here.

No other fan-led resource offers this combination of detail, accuracy, and archival richness.
Our goal is not just to list appearances, but to preserve them. We hold a substantial visual archive, carefully documented and maintained on DVD and Blu-ray. This section records what survives, what is missing, and what exists only in paperwork or memory. Where material is lost, we’ve highlighted it clearly; where footage survives, we’ve noted its status and context.

This section will continue to grow into the definitive, fan-curated chronicle of Petula’s British television legacy - a resource built with care, grounded in primary sources, and dedicated to preserving her work for generations to come.

The Sound of Petula: an original audience ticket for the recording of the show in 1973. 
Ticket from the Fan Archive Collection

Visit our in-depth episode guide to the 1973 BBC TV series The Sound of Petula, a six-part primetime run that was drawing in 10.5 million viewers.

While our private archive contains many surviving recordings, copyright restrictions mean we can’t provide access or copies. Our focus is on documenting and preserving what survives, not distributing or reproducing copyrighted material. But we can offer the next best thing: the stories, the songs, and the full broadcast record. We hope you enjoy browsing the listings.

Decade by Decade Index

1940s
Early BBC television work, including Petula’s very first appearances in the immediate post-war years and her earliest broadcast performances. In 1946, Petula fronted her own live Sunday afternoon BBC television series from Alexandra Palace, a true pioneer of early British broadcasting, performing from the birthplace of TV itself with scripts written by her father.

1950s
Early BBC and ITV appearances

Variety programmes and children’s broadcasts

Musical guest spots

1960s
Major UK variety shows

Guest appearances during her chart-topping years

Petula's 1960s TV Specials

1970s
The Sound of Petula (series pilot), Christmas Special (1972)

The Sound of Petula (1973)

The Sound of Petula (1974)

Petula Sings Christmas (1974)

A World of Music (1976)

Petula ...and Songs of Love (1978)

BBC specials and guest performances

Traces of Love

1980s
Concert and TV specials

The Sound of Music

Guest spots on entertainment and chat shows

1990s
Retrospective specials

Guest interviews and performances

Charity and gala broadcasts

2000s - Present
Documentary features

Anniversary specials

Selected guest appearances

Questions? Drop us an email: info@petula-archives.co.uk